A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
B. The common people were still essentially pagan.
C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.
D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.
2- The Medieval Period (455-1485)
- The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period (428-1066)
- The Middle English (Anglo-Norman) Period ( 1066 -1450)
- Late Or “High” Medieval Period ( 1200-1485 )